Are you ready to be a big part of something big?

CAR Group has been driving innovation and growth since the 1990s. Collectively, our world leading marketplaces bring together deep expertise powered by the best people, data, and technology across Oceania, Asia and The Americas.

We deliver world leading technology and advertising solutions designed to make buying and selling a great experience and are the parent company of wholly owned digital marketplaces in Australia (carsales), South Korea (Encar), the United States (Trader Interactive) and Chile (chileautos), in addition to being a majority shareholder of webmotors in Brazil.

With a vision to create #1 digital marketplaces for vehicles around the world, we transform how people buy and sell across the globe.

When it comes to your career, we want to provide big opportunities to help you make a big impact. But for this to be possible, we strive to feel small. Small enough to quickly change tact, small enough to learn from different departments and small enough to connect authentically with leadership.

And one of the best parts? We give you the autonomy to choose the working location that best suits your lifestyle – Office, Hybrid or Anywhere.

What’s on offer

• The opportunity to work in a global role and make real, significant impact across all our international marketplaces.
• A place where you can move your career forward and where you’ll be continuously backed to make new ideas happen.
• The support of a highly engaged, high-performing team.
• A wide range of benefits such as 22 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave, and six weeks paid gender affirming care leave.
• We’re proud to be recognised as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work®, an AFR BOSS Best Place to Work, a Family Friendly Workplace, and WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality. 

What you’ll do:  

next is carsales' new business building arm. We are a small group of entrepreneurs who build new technologies that aim to power the future of mobility. We work on unsolved and high potential problems with a start-up mindset and pace.

Mobility is being disrupted with industry changes and new technologies that will reshape how everyone on the planet gets around. carsales next is a small, globally focussed team that explore, build and launch technologies to power the future of mobility and help carsales grow and diversify. 

In this role, you will form part of a multi-disciplinary squad tasked with building a product that enables buyers and sellers to transact with one another safely and securely on the carsales platform. Working closely alongside talented Engineering, Product and Design colleagues you will leverage your strategic, start-up mindset to move fast and rapidly achieve product-market fit.

• Lead the development and implementation of front-end features, ensuring they are visually appealing, highly functional, and user-friendly.
• Drive front-end architecture decisions, including the selection of frameworks, libraries, and tools.
• Mentor and coach junior developers, providing guidance on best practices, code reviews, and problem-solving techniques.
• Collaborate well with others (e.g. engineers, designers, stakeholders) to understand user pain points and iterate towards better solutions via a data-driven approach (e.g. a/b testing)
• Set the example for code reviews, documentation and resolution of defects
• Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from planning and design to deployment and maintenance.
• Contribute to the strategy and direction of the squad by ensuring you and the team are always focused on delivering customer value.

What we are looking for?

• A front end enthusiast with full-stack capabilities 
• Experience with Javascript (ES6), HTML5, CSS and experience with modern Javascript frameworks (e.g., React, AngularJS, Vue).
• Understanding of modern frontend ecosystem, including but not limited to bundling, linting, testing and releasing.
• Extensive experience with modern testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress, Mocha, Chai).
• Strong comfortability with the JavaScript language and ecosystem.
• Experience building frontend applications at scale.
• Experience in Agile software development methodologies.

A few other things we want to let you know about...   

• CAR Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage everyone of all ages, genders and backgrounds to apply. If you’re a candidate with a disability or you need some adjustments to be at your best, let us know how we can provide you with additional support. 
• We know how important keeping that balance between work/life is and have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part time work. We are open to this conversation during our recruitment process - if you want to know more just ask. 
• We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer which means we are committed to responding to every job applicant. 
• Successful candidates joining the CAR Group are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis.

So come and join our team - because every role is a big role in our plans to go big.